Computer Concepts' Softworks Subsidiary Announces New Y2K Tools Available for Web Download.BOHEMIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1998--SOFTWORKS, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Computer Concepts Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CCEE CCEE Conseil des Conférences Episcopales Européennes (Switzerland) CCEE Câmara de Comercialização de Energia Elétrica CCEE Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (Council of European Bishops' Conferences) ), announced today that it has made two new multi-platform Year 2000 impact analysis and conversion tools available for purchase and download via the Company's website at http://www.softworks.com. In just three easy steps, visitors to the SOFTWORKS' website can purchase and download a copy of the tools and begin Year 2000 analysis and conversion efforts. The products, HotDate 2000/MP for Cobol and HotDate 2000/MP for C, are designed to help organizations determine the scope of the Year 2000 problem Year 2000 problem, Y2K problem, or millennium bug, in computer science, a design flaw in the hardware or software of a computer that caused erroneous results when working with dates beyond Dec. 31, 1999. in COBOL and C code for HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. and Solaris environments, and provide automated conversion capabilities. These multi-platform products are the latest addition to SOFTWORKS HotDate family of 2000 Arena products, which handle Year 2000 code discovery, conversion and testing. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Judy Carter, SOFTWORKS' President and Chief Executive Officer, "As a leading provider of Year 2000 tools, we know that organizations must have easy access to the tools they need for this massive conversion and testing effort. By making our tools available through the web, SOFTWORKS is playing a key role in easing the way for organizations to meet the immovable millennium deadline." HotDate 2000/MP for C extends the capability of impact analysis of all ANSI C (language, standard) ANSI C - (American National Standards Institute C) A revision of C, adding function prototypes, structure passing, structure assignment and standardised library functions. ANSI X3.159-1989. cgram is a grammar for ANSI C, written in Scheme. components within nested and multiple header files In C programming, a source code file that contains common definitions and data structures that all programmers may use as required. Also called "include files," because the #include statement is used to incorporate them with the program, header files use a .h extension. See precompiled header. . This product helps identify where date data and date arguments are referenced, as well as fields that are propagated, through the use of a customized default seed list and name pattern recognition in the program source and header files. Hotdate 2000/MP for COBOL extends the impact analysis of multiple levels of nested copybooks. With this product, users can identify where date data fields are referenced through customizable default seed lists and generic name generic name n. 1. The official nonproprietary name of a drug, under which it is licensed and identified by the manufacturer. 2. recognition for programs and copybooks. The products are part of SOFTWORKS 2000 Arena offerings which comprise a suite of products specifically designed to assist in all phases of the Year 2000 conversion effort. 2000 Arena products have been built using SOFTWORKS SavanTechnology (SST SST: see airplane. ), a set or core technologies and R&D principles that are used to create products with embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. intelligence, intuitive and easy-to-use interfaces, and a high degree of cross-product integration.
SOFTWORKS 2000 Arena comprises six major products that cover MVS,
OS/390 and distributed platforms:
-- HotDate 2000/DISCOVER
-- HotDate 2000/CONVERT
-- HotDate 2000/SIMULATE
-- HotDate 2000/TEST
-- HotDate 2000/WARP
-- HotDate 2000/BRIDGE
Beta versions of HotDate 2000/MP for C and HotDate 2000/MP for COBOL
are available for download immediately for HP-UX, AIX and Solaris
operating systems by clicking on http://www.softworks.com.
SOFTWORKS is a leading global provider of IT solutions for the
enterprise and a wholly owned subsidiary of Computer Concepts Corp.
(NASDAQ: CCEE). Founded in 1977, SOFTWORKS responds to the data and
systems management needs of organizations worldwide, supporting
customers in more than 50 countries with solutions for the Year 2000
problem, enterprise performance management, multi-platform data and
storage management, and professional services. For more information
about SOFTWORKS, visit the company's website at www.softworks.com
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Computer Concepts Corp., headquartered in Bohemia, New York,
develops software tools including d.b.Express that assist end users
in the retrieval and visualization of all types of data, and is an
IBM Business Partner-Personal Computer Reseller. Computer Concepts'
d.b.Express Internet Information ServerTM has recently been licensed
by British Telecom, and has been integrated with British Telecom's
Syncordia Services' C-View software application which will allow BT's
customers to access and analyze the high volumes of technical and
account information available within BT's Internet-based databases
without having to download the data to their own computers. The new
d.b.Express Internet Information ServerTM and JAVA Applet have
overcome a major Internet problem, that of high data volume and
limited bandwidth, currently responsible for the lengthy delays
associated with data downloading.
Computer Concepts and its subsidiary employ a staff of 253. For
more information about Computer Concepts and SOFTWORKS, call (516)
244-1500 or visit Computer Concepts' web site at
www.computerconcepts.com or SOFTWORKS' web site at www.softworks.com.
CONTACT: Brian Koma Stratagem STRATAGEM. A deception either by words or actions, in times of war, in order to obtain an advantage over an enemy. 2. Such stratagems, though contrary to morality, have been justified, unless they have been accompanied by perfidy, injurious to the rights of 703-591-6400 x105 bkoma@stratageminc.com or Corrine Gormont SOFTWORKS 703-317-8799 cgormont@softworkscc.com |
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